The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-20

either bn y b m gSaT scaeT OF f Fl I'd
early morning-Thursday- body o
Bob Duff was found in the public roaG
with his throat cut and frightfully
stabbed in his chest, almost in sight o.
the body of Coon, which was still hang
ing to the tree. Neither wa;
touched until late Tuesday even
ing, when a corOner's juTy
assembled and adjourned without
discovering anything. Coon, who haG
no friends, was buried by a farmer
his remains and buried them near his
home yesterday. Drake was spared
and yesterday was taken to Precedence
for examination. A large crowd OF
armed men were present, determined
upon lynching him. He waived ex-
animation and was ordered to the jail
in Charleston. After much trouble
and danger he reached here tonight
under the guard of Captain Burnett,
of the Eureka Detective Agency, and a
strong posse. No warrants have
been issued for Dan Cunningham,
whom it is alleged, was one of
the gang of murderers. AS the investi-
cation of the affair progresses, inter
esting results are certain. Officers are
after the others, who are said to be
members of the outlaw band. Coon
came here from Tyler, Tex, and called
| himself Jesse James. Great trouble
| rs expected, as the affair has grown
into vendetta, and rival factions are
after each other.
PRINTER KILLED.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, Oct. 1S.-Bert
| Chandler, q printer, who had been
working in the Daily Leader Office, of
this city, for some time, was killed
near Nicholas Stration, on the Kansas
City, Springfield & Memphis Railroad,
yesterday. He was found on the track
with his head severed from his body.
His head had evidently been cut off by
the cars, but whether he had gone to
sleep on the track, or had been killed
| and placed on the track to mislead the
public as to the manner
of his death is not known. He left
this city on foot yesterday for the
West, in company with another print
! er. A few words were received here by
| telegraph from his companion that he
had been killed by the cars, but only a
small sum of money was found with
the body, although it is known he had
! quite little sum with him when he
| left this city. A corOner's investiga-
ton will be made late.
At the inquest tonight the engineer
| and fireman of the train which ran
over Chandler, testified that his COM
paniOn, George H. Frederick, endeav-
Ored to board the engine some distance
from where the body was lying (the
train was in the act of stoppingl and was
prevented by the enjineer. That he
then asked the question: did you
kill that man down the track?" 1t
was also developed in the testimony
that there was pool of blood several
feet from the track between which and
the blood on the track there was no
connection. Frederick's statement on
returning to this city, as he did after
telegraphing, was that he first learned
of the death of his companion from
the trainmen when they overlook him
at Nichols. There is considerable
mystery surrounding the case, which
| it will require further investigation to
clear. The verdict of the coroner's
| jury is simply that Chandler came to
his death by being run over by the
cars. The remains will be sent to OF
tawa, Kas., where the parents of the
| deceased reside.
SHIPWRECKED.
NEW YORK, Oct. 19.-Howard c.
Winnett, of Canton, ILL.,, and w. p.
HOhenschild, of San Francisco, two
young shipwrecked Seamen, arrived at
Castle Garden this afternoon on the
steamer Queen. They shipped from
Philadelphia August Is, on the bark
Oasis, There were nineteen souls
aboard, including the captains wife.
On the End of September a tidal wave
struck the vessel 500 miles east of
| New FOundland. Their boats were
carried away and four men washed
overheard. Two water tanks, in being
swept overheard, crushed three men.
One of whom died of his injuries. The
others are in the hospital now. The
vessel drifted for thirty hours, when a
Norwegian steamer, bound for Lisbon,
| Portugal, took them aboard and the
Oasis was abandoned. They were
sent to Liverpool by the American
| Consul.
| THE ST. LOUIS PANCACKE THROWER.
ST.. LOUIS, Oct. 18.-Mrs. Annie
Lachs, the woman who threw the pan
cake into the lap of Mrs. Cleveland, the
day the presidential party were at the
fair grounds in this city, was fined So
in the police court to-day. The woman
disclaimed any disrespect for Mrs
Cleveland, and said she threw the cake
in a spirit of fun, but the testimony
was against her, and the court thought
the fun worth $50. The woman tool
an appeal.
DIED OF HIS INJURIES.
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 18Th. G. Hard
ing, one of the young men injured by
the cable car accident during the
from the depot to the hotel last Wed
nesday night, died from his injurie;
this morning. He was only IS years O
age, but was promising young
engineer.
CATTLE TRAIN WRECKED.
PETERSBURG, OAK, Oct. 1S.-A
heavy stock train was wrecked here a
midnight last night. Eleven CATTLE
cars were piled in shapeleSS mass
and the wrecked fragments of the loco
motive are scattered about the torn VI
track. Engineer Jack Streeter, o
CrookstoD, was instantly killed, while
his fireman escaped with slight inju
ries. The accident was caused by al
open switch. and the absence of switcl
lights.
THAT WICHITA DRUG CLERK.
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 19.-A Times
special from Wichita says: Assistan
Attorney General j. R. Hallowel
mailed a petition to Governor Martin
! to-day asking that the sentenc
of James w Stewart, tn
Wichita drug clerk, convicte
, of unlawfully selling liquor and sen
, fenced to seventeen years imprisOn
ment and to pay fine of SIG, 800 b
; reduced to six months in jail. Tn
p6g1ClOn WAS ncduou ny OOl. IL w
! Lewis, a strong prohlbitiOnist. Cole
mel Hallowell does not sign the petitio
: but encloses a recommendation tina
: the imprisonment be reduced to 81
months, with the fine remaining a
! the original figures.
! POLITICIAN ARRESTED FOR MURDEI
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 1S.-A Time
: special from Winfield, Krnsas, says /.
|. Wilbur, prominent capitalist and Pc
: itician of that place. is undo
arrest on charge of mu
: der in the first degree. Som
4 time ago man named Vancleve ws
= murdered. Suspicion pointed to Wi
= bur, who was said to be intimate wit
2 Mrs. Vancleve. The arrest VIZ
y made to-day on the strength of col
fession by a negro, who says that Wi
bur hired him to do the killing. The
= is much excitement over the affai
p which is very mysterious.
y ONE STILL MISSING.
u NEW YORK, Oct. I8.-The poll
y are still at work in the ruins of Il
10 fallen school house on one hundred al